Preceded by John McLeod Occupation politician Succeeded by Charles Cunningham Name William Campbell | Constituency Ponoka Role Fighter Political party Liberal | |
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Born March 31, 1873
Middlesex County, Ontario ( 1873-03-31 ) Died April 24, 2012, Phoenix, Arizona, United States Place of burial Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States Service/branch United States Army Air Forces Unit 332d Expeditionary Operations Group People also search for Arthur W. Radford, Edward A. Craig, John Edward Allen, David Showell | ||
William Alexander Campbell (March 31, 1873 – September 6, 1934) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1917 sitting with the Liberal caucus in government.
Political career
Campbell was elected to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the 1909 Alberta general election. He defeated Conservative candidate John Jackson by a comfortable plurality.
Campbell sought re-election again in the 1913 Alberta general election, where he defeated Independent candidate Percival Baker and Conservative candidate George Gordon in a hotly contested three-candidate election.
Charles Cunningham from the Conservative party defeated Campbell in his bid for a third term in office in the 1917 Alberta general election by a margin of 31 votes.
Baker and Campbell faced off again in the 1921 Alberta general election, were Campbell was again defeated.